From the cottage window a few lamps were glimmering in the distance. 远处的农舍窗户闪烁着几盏微弱的灯。
The hope of a short war went glimmering. 战争无望在短期内结束。
glimmering
[ noun ] a slight suggestion or vague understanding <noun.cognition> he had no inkling what was about to happen
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South.